Different countries have different laws and regulations for internet safety, which may affect your access and security. The safest way to use your smartphone is always to use a private Wi-Fi network. However, these are often not accessible to us when we’re traveling abroad or in a public space. When you’re not connected to Wi-Fi, […]
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Credit card skimming on the rise for the holiday shopping season (Posted: November 14, 2023 by Jérôme Segura at Malwarebytes website) As we head into shopping season, customers aren’t the only ones getting excited. More online shopping means more opportunities for cybercriminals to grab their share using scams and data theft. One particular threat we’re
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Tips for Apple Products Some of these features are best “seen” rather than described in words. Use YouTube search to find videos that help use them or Google the term/concept. MacOS Make a web app in Safari such as a favorite website that you visit frequently. Essentially it is a way to save a website
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Involved in a data breach? Here’s what you need to know If you’ve received a message from a company saying your data has been caught up in a breach, you might be unsure what to do next. Here are some tips to help out. Don’t delay in taking action. 1. Check the company’s advice Every
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Several Helpful New IOS Features No Grid, No Problem – ever want to use your Apple Maps app but had no connectivity? Now you can use Offline Map when there is no connection provided you downloaded the map when you could connect. Apple has hidden this feature in the Maps app behind your icon/picture
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Google and Apple (and others soon) Want You to Log In With Passkeys. Here’s What That Means As passwords are inherently flawed, tech companies are turning to more secure logins that just require your face or fingerprint. Decades of password reuse, and even password managers which help with providing complex passwords, it’s just
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Time to Jump Ship from Evernote? If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! Like most things in life, it depends on whom you ask. Evernote has undergone several changes in features, security, company management, pricing, and stability all of which causes angst for users. Bottom line – if it still works
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OS 17 for iPhone and iPad This will give you an introduction into the major changes, and there are many as you can see. Reports say as many as 400 in total. The Health app is now available on late model iPads. I was a little disappointed that the Journal app was not released this
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Cool new features arriving with IOS and iPad OS 17 Apple will release these new features about mid-month in September along with an updated OS for Macs, Sonoma. For iPads it’s a little more complicated since the naming scheme is counted by generation rather than by name. Here are the generations that will
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To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. For example, to use Command-C (copy), press and hold the Command key, then the C key, then release both keys. Mac menus and keyboards often use symbols for certain keys, including modifier keys: Command (or
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